MagaSwaga Potent Notables

Notable: Assange brought to the US to falsify Russia and kickstart ObamaGate?

>>6234182

Assange Arrest and Vault 7 will document CIA hack of DNC, conclusively prove Russia Hoax, and open door to ObamaGate

From March 2017: "Wikileaks to prove CIA is behind Fake News Russia story if corrupt investigation doesn't admit it" #Vault7 #ObamaGate

Is this why #Assange is being brought to the US? Wikileaks Founder Ready to Provide Evidence Russian Collusion is False

From 2017: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has offered to provide evidence that the Russian collusion narrative is false in exchange for a pardon from President Trump.

Also from 2017: California’s Dana Rohrabacher asks for pardon of Julian Assange in return for evidence Russia wasn’t source of hacked emails.

#Vault7 will prove that the CIA planted fake evidence to make it look like Russia hacked the DNC server. #ObamaGate #RussiaGate https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/#PRESS

From the Wikileaks "Year Zero" dump: With UMBRAGE the CIA can misdirect attribution by leaving behind the "fingerprints" The "digital fingerprints" they claim were left behind by Russian hackers will be proven by #Assange to have been implanted by the CIA

#Assange is coming here to prove the CIA fabricated this: “The CIA has identified Russian officials who fed material hacked from the Democratic National Committee and party leaders to WikiLeaks"

The "Russian fingerprints" were the pretext for spying on Trump.

This will open the door for proving #ObamaGate The Obama-connected wiretapping and illegal leaks of classified material concerning President Trump and General Flynn are a scandal,”

Seth Rich connection.

Shadow Brokers connection: TheShadowBrokers is being happy to unmask anyone we considering to be an enemy of the Constitution of the United States."

Link: https://twitter.com/JTweets1234/status/1119025602550358016

Notable: New DJT and Q drop 945 3 extra O's - Booms

Found the 3 extra O's in POTUS Tweet.

Notable: Elites love the extreme partisanship environment and the echo chambers

The Elites Laugh As Americans Revel In Their Enslavement While Fearing Each Other

Americans are increasingly living in fear of the opposing political party. While the elites laugh and continue to enslave the populace even further because of this fear, Americans increasingly embrace their chains while asking them to be shortened, and all while dehumanizing those on a different plantation.

The fact is, none of us are free. We are all slaves to the same master – the political elites. The only way to be free is to accept it and attempt to free others in the process. So far, the government has not had to put literal chains on anyone because most Americans are mental slaves. If you own the mind, you won’t need to enslave the body. This is causing problems in problems in our society, however, as many fear those who think differently than they do while giving a pass to the ones actually at fault for their dissatisfaction.

Extreme partisanship has infected both democrats and republicans to the point of no return. According to Oregon Live, more than 40 percent of Americans say they are surrounded by “downright evil” and they’re referring to their fellow Americans who happen to belong to a different political party. This division and fear keep the elite wealthy, powerful, and increasingly authoritarian. While we fight each other, we can’t be bothered to actually take on the behemoth monster that is responsible for all this fear and division in the first place.

A recent academic paper by political scientists Nathan P. Kalmoe and Lilliana Mason, presented at the National Capital Area Political Science Association conference in January, concludes that the extreme partisanship of recent decades has made millions of Americans intellectually insular and emotionally numb. As a result, these hyper-partisans – and, to be clear, all of this goes for members of both major parties – feel little or no sympathy “in response to deaths and injuries of political opponents.” Some even show “explicit support for partisan violence.” –Oregon Live

https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-elites-laugh-as-americans-revel-in-their-enslavement-while-fearing-each-other_04172019

Notable: Devin Nunes: Mueller's report ignored abuses of power by the FBI

Devin Nunes: Mueller's report ignored abuses of power by the FBI

www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-muellers-report-ignored-abuses-of-power-by-the-fbi

>Nunes Retweet just now

Notable: Anon summary Mueller Rpt 111-120

>>6232743 (lb)

Pages 111 to 120: Mueller Report Summary

In one sentence: This section is mostly about how Trump Jr. was contacted by muh Russians to meet and learn about some negative information pertaining to HRC.

Broken down:

Agalarov, Russian real-estate developer w/ties to Putin was connected to DJT and “worked w/Trump in connection w/the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow and a potential Trump Moscow real-estate project”. (p. 110-111)

Agalarov used an intermediary to communicate w/DJT once GEOTUS was campaigning for the presidency —> Goldstone

Through Goldstone, Agalorov expressed interest in supporting him through “important friends and colleagues, especially with reference to US/Russian relations”. (p. 111)

This support also included info “that might interest the Trumps involved Hillary Clinton” (p. 111).

Natalia Veselnitskaya (“V”) was brought into the picture in reference to some of the info (some redacted). (Top of p. 112)

Her lobbying & testimony RE Magnitsky Act, Putin’s distaste for the outcome of it “purely political, unfriendly act”, & the sanctions, travel restrictions on Russian officials, halted adoption of Russian children by US citizens are referenced.

V’s legal work included defense of Katsyv, “a civil-forfeiture action alleging the laundering of proceeds from the fraud exposed by Magnitsky”. (p. 112)

Goldstone reached out to Trump Jr on Agalarov’s behalf to ask to meet w/offer to Trump campaign w/“some official docs and info that wld incriminate HRC and her dealing w/Russia”. (P. 113)

Trump Jr agreed to meet. GEOTUS reported not to have known about it.

Trump Jr, Kushner, Manafort met w/the group incl. Vaselnitskaya.

In a lunch preparing for the meeting at Trump Tower several participants reported that “Vaselnitskaya showed Akhmetshin a document alleging financial misconduct by Bill Browder and the Ziff brothers (Americans w/business in Russia), and those individuals subsequently making political donations to the DNC.” (p. 117)

During the meeting at Trump Tower, Trump Jr asked V how payments cld be tied specifically to Clinton Campaign, and V said she couldn’t trace money once it entered the US. (p. 118)

During the meeting, Kushner sent iMessage to Manafort stating “waste of time” & sent 2 emails to assistants w/requests that they call him to get him out of the meeting & he left.

When V was interviewed by the press she denied reason for meeting, & had not “referred to any derogatory info concerning the == Clinton Campaign ==

when she met with Trump Campaign officials”. (p. 119)

Attempts were made by Goldstone to arrange more meetings. Kaveladze reported to Agalarov that the meeting “about the Magnitsky Act had been a waste of time because it was not with lawyers and they were ‘preaching to the wrong crowd’”. V was present at the time of this reporting. (p. 120)

The press got wind of the meeting, Goldstone was apologetic to Agalorov as the “relationship with ‘mr T has been thrown down the drain’”.

Grand Jury redactions are present throughout this section.

Notable: >>6234378, >>6234479 re read Q drops 2930, 2273, 2129, 1470 now with newest Q drop

>>6233873

DECLAS to come first to force out [RR]

Notable: US Marines rt again a prev twat of theirs

US MARINES

Just retweeted this again

Red, White and Blue

https://twitter.com/USForcesJapan/status/1119027318737911808?s=19

Notable: WaPo's Fake News front Page for tomorrow

Trump War Room RT

https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1119059185398951936

via

https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/1119065402544463873

Notable: Defend Assange Campaign twat - re: Fast and Furious

DEFEND ASSANGE CAMPAIGN JUST TWEETED

Julian Assange revealed the "Fast and Furious" operation where U.S. authorities delivered weapons to Mexico's organized crime to obtain information (CIA) on the distribution of weapons in the Territory

http://www.lanuevarevolucion.org/2019/04/11/julian-assange-revelo-la-operacion-rapido-y-furioso-donde-autoridades-estadounidenses-entregaron-armas-al-crimen-organizado-de-mexico-para-obtener-informacion-cia-sobre-la-distribucion-de-armas/

*received tweet 5 minutes ago….. not sure if anons have it but Notable I would imagine

Notable: US CentCom twat 451st F19

https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/1118949695378927616?s=19

TS in PDT

Did Anons post earlier?

7 1 9 …17

Lots of High Fives today too.

Notable: Sharon E Pwers chimes in on the Comey, dig on Sharon? or nah…

Reading Comey’s replies, wondering if anyone acknowledged his code and found this… (pic related)

Notable: How Trump’s Attorneys General are transforming U.S. immigration law

How Trump’s Attorneys General are transforming U.S. immigration law

Under U.S. President Donald Trump, the attorney general’s office has reshaped immigration law at an unprecedented rate. Unlike the federal judiciary system, U.S. immigration courts fall under the Justice Department’s jurisdiction, and the attorney general can intervene in cases to set national legal precedent. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his successors have been unusually active in this practice compared to their predecessors, a Reuters analysis of Justice Department data shows. The data describe an unprecedented effort by the Justice Department to quietly advance policy goals and transform immigration law from the top down.

In one case, Sessions overturned a grant of asylum to a victim of domestic violence from El Salvador. He wrote in his ruling in the case, known as Matter of A-B-, that most gang and domestic violence victims will not qualify for asylum under his narrowed definition. That decision, however, was struck down by a U.S. federal judge. In four other cases in 2018, Sessions issued decisions restricting the discretion of immigration judges to put off final deportation hearings by continuing, closing or dismissing proceedings. After stepping in as acting attorney general in November, Matthew Whitaker continued in Sessions’ footsteps and singled out three immigration cases for review.

One case, known as the Matter of L-E-A-, concerns whether a man who fled a kidnapping attempt by cartels in Mexico qualifies for asylum. Another case, known as the Matter of Castillo-Perez, questions whether convictions for driving under the influence should disqualify immigrants from certain legal protections to remain in the country. Newly appointed Attorney General William Barr, who replaced Sessions, is also following his predecessors’ path with a decision on Tuesday that revoked the right of some asylum seekers to ask for bond in front of an immigration judge, expanding indefinite detention for some migrants who must wait months or years for their cases to be heard. The American Civil Liberties Union said they will challenge the move in court.

https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-IMMIGRATION-TRUMP/010091HF26W/index.html

Court rules in favor of asylum seekers, against Trump policy

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-asylum/court-rules-in-favor-of-asylum-seekers-against-trump-policy-idUSKCN1OI2BI

Trump attorney general's ruling expands indefinite detention for asylum seekers

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-bond/trump-attorney-generals-ruling-expands-indefinite-detention-for-asylum-seekers-idUSKCN1RT053

Notable: Biblically dank meme: Notre Dame gargoyles vs. Traitors

* FRESH * DANK *

"TFW you look like a Notre-Dame gargoyle."

Biblical times, anons, biblical times kek.

Notable: >>6233666 DJT: Kimberly Strassel should get the Pulitzer.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119066791161077760?s=19

Notable: @45_Schedule: no public events scheduled for 4/19/19

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1119063999809769474

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45_Schedule

8m8 minutes ago

Daily Public Schedule for April 19, 2019:

The President has no public events scheduled.

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1119054257502789633

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45_Schedule

46m46 minutes ago

"Grandpa Time".

(Via Don Trump Jr.)

Notable: >>6233189 @Comey: "So many answers."

New Comey twat

So many answers.

https://twitter.com/comey/status/1119049878347423745?s=21

Notable: Get Ready for the shot (Marines Twat vs Q posts)

MARINES

https://twitter.com/11thmeu/status/1119046844137390081?s=19

Notable: Side by side on the Barr press conference

Side by side on the Barr press conference

Notable: Roy Cooper, NC governor vetoes 'born alive' abortion bill

North Carolina governor vetoes 'born alive' abortion bill

By Jason Hanna, CNN

(CNN)North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have required doctors to try to preserve the life of any infant born alive during an attempted abortion.

The state's Republican-controlled Legislature had passed the bill, called the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act," this week.

In a letter announcing his veto, Cooper, a Democrat, wrote that laws "already protect newborn babies, and this bill is an unnecessary interference between doctors and their parents."

"This needless legislation would criminalize doctors and other healthcare providers for a practice that simply does not exist," Cooper wrote.

Under the proposed law, if an infant were born alive during an abortion attempt against it, any health care practitioner there would be required to "exercise the same degree of professional skill, care and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonable diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age."

A health care practitioner who does not do that would be guilty of a class D felony. Additionally, anyone who intentionally "performs an overt act" that kills the child would be guilty of murder, the proposal says.

Most of the bill's supporters in the Legislature were Republicans, though it attracted affirmative votes from a few Democrat lawmakers.

Two of the bill's primary sponsors, Sen. Joyce Kawiec and Rep. Pat McElraft, said in a joint statement Thursday that "caring for a living, breathing newborn infant is too restrictive for Gov. Cooper's radical abortion agenda," according to CNN affiliate WRAL.

"We thought Democrats would agree that children born alive should be separate from the abortion debate, but it's clear that they want the 'right to choose' to even extend past birth," the two Republican lawmakers said. "This is a sad day for North Carolina."

The state Senate passed the bill Monday with a 28-19 vote, with three senators absent. Two Democrat senators voted for it.

The House passed it Tuesday with a vote of 65-46, with nine lawmakers absent or not voting. Four Democrat representatives voted yes.

To override Cooper's veto, legislators would need the approval of three-fifths of each chamber.

Notable: Massive Chinese trade shutdown, Amazon retreats from China market, GOOG/FB hubris

https://www.zdnet.com/article/some-internet-outages-predicted-for-the-coming-month-as-768k-day-approaches/

768k Day expected within the month, reminiscent of 512k Day when AT&T, BT, Comcast, Sprint, and Verizon all went down.

512k Day happened on August 12, 2014, when hundreds of ISPs from all over the world went down, causing billions of dollars in damages due to lost trade and fees, from a lack of internet connectivity or packet loss.

The original 512k Day took place because routers ran out of memory for storing the global BGP routing table, a file that holds the IPv4 addresses of all known internet-connected networks.

—-

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/tech/amazon-closes-china/index.html

Amazon is partially retreating from the world's biggest market for online shopping.

It will close its marketplace in China in the coming months, meaning Amazon customers in the country will no longer be able to buy goods from Chinese merchants.

Amazon (AMZN) did not explain why it was withdrawing its marketplace service, saying only it will instead focus on selling goods shipped from other countries into China.

China will overtake the US as the world's biggest retail market this year

"We are notifying sellers we will no longer operate a marketplace on Amazon.cn, and we will no longer be providing seller services on Amazon.cn effective July 18," the company said in a statement.

—-

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-tech-regulation-122224156.html

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt in a new interview rejected the notion that Capitol Hill has a role to play in regulating big tech companies, breaking with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent willingness to work with lawmakers.

“The problem is if you write a rule, inevitably, you fix the solution on a specific solution, but the technology moves so quickly,” Schmidt says.

“It’s generally better to let the tech companies do these things,” he adds.

Notable: Kim Foxx’s chief ethics officer April Perry has resigned

Breaking: Kim Foxx’s chief ethics officer April Perry has resigned.

Kim Foxx’s Director of Conviction Integrity Unit, Mark Rotert, has also resigned.

twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1119046780560248833

Notable: Moar college bribery scandal fallout

Olivia Jade Giannulli Could Be Implicated in College Scam, Analyst Says

Social media influencer Olivia Jade Giannulli, the daughter of “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin, might be complicit in the college bribery scam. According to Fox News, she was copied in an email that her mother sent to William “Rick” Singer, the main actor in the scam, on “how to proceed” in filling out Oliva Jade’s college applications after her “provisional acceptance as a recruited [crew] athlete.” Federal officials have said that Loughlin and her husband paid $500,000 to get Oliva Jade and her sister, Isabella, into the University of Southern California as crew recruits when they weren’t involved in the sport. A former federal prosecutor told Fox that prosecutors might be able to charge Olivia Jade, 19, if Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, do not admit their guilt. They pleaded not guilty earlier this month.

“The government has a ton of evidence here – they have incredible leverage over Loughlin and her husband and the daughters,” former federal prosecutor Naema Rahmani told the news outlet. “And they have this leverage for a few reasons. If you review the evidence, it’s incredibly strong in terms of recorded phone calls, in terms of emails, financial records and so forth.” “There really could have only been two things – and it’s all the government has to prove,” Rahmani continued. “One is that they agreed to commit an unlawful act, and two is if they committed one overt act within the conspiracy. If you prove those two things, then the kids are on the hook as well. You can easily, easily argue that Olivia knew what was going on, she agreed to engage in this unlawful act by not filling out the application, by taking the picture – it can be an overt act to create liability for criminal liability.” Rahmani added that prosecutors wouldn’t have to prove whether Olivia Jade saw the email.

“There doesn’t have to be a smoking gun where she told someone either verbally or not that I knew I was doing this,” Rahmani said. “They can say there is circumstantial support that someone that is not an athlete, someone that doesn’t have the grades, someone that gets into USC and is supposedly participating in crew and having never rowed crew – they knew that they did not get in legitimately.”

Lara Yeretsian, another legal analyst, noted that Olivia Jade posed for a photo to be designated as a crew recruit, but said it may not be enough to implicate the student. “Posing for a picture is not sufficient to make Olivia Jade a co-conspirator in the College Admissions Scandal,” she told the broadcaster. “In other words, there is no evidence whatsoever in the affidavit to suggest that Olivia Jade was aware of any alleged conspiracy to funnel money to coaches or athletic directors at USC through Singer’s charitable organization. The prosecution does not have sufficient evidence here,” she added.

Olivia Jade is also reportedly terrified at the possibility of appearing in court and possibly testifying in court. A source close to Olivia Jade, who had amassed millions of followers on social media, and her 20-year-old sister were apparently aware that her parents allegedly spoke to a man who could help them get into the University of Southern California, reported Entertainment Tonight. The source didn’t say whether the man was Singer. The source said the two sisters, however, were not aware of the lengths that entailed getting them into the private university. “Olivia’s still mad at her parents,” said the source, who added that Oliva Jade is “terrified at the idea she may have to testify against them.”

Rahmani said that federal prosecutors may ensnare Olivia Jade in order to apply pressure on her parents. “These deals always get worse over time. Usually, the first deal is the best deal, and it’s just going to get worse after that. So, they put out a plea agreement allowing them to plead guilty to just the single count and the amount that they actually paid – Loughlin says no and guess what? They go to the grand jury, they get indicted for money laundering charges – now kids are getting involved,” Rahmani noted. “Desperate Housewives” actress Felicity Huffman and about a dozen other people have already pleaded guilty in the case, dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/olivia-jade-giannulli-could-be-implicated-in-college-scam-analyst-says_2886356.html

Notable: ‘Now the Tables Have Turned:’ Trump Campaign Demands Origin of Mueller Probe Investigated

‘Now the Tables Have Turned:’ Trump Campaign Demands Origin of Mueller Probe Investigated

Shortly after Attorney General William Barr released the full redacted Mueller report on Thursday, April 18, Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale demanded an investigation of the “liars who instigated this sham investigation into President Trump.” “President Trump has been fully and completely exonerated yet again. Now the tables have turned, and it’s time to investigate the liars who instigated this sham investigation into President Trump, motivated by political retribution and based on no evidence whatsoever,” he said in a statement. “Now that the collusion and obstruction conspiracy theories have been exposed for the pathetic hoaxes they always were, the Obama-era DOJ and FBI must answer for their misdeeds and the scam that they perpetrated against the American people,” read the statement.

Earlier in the day, Barr re-affirmed that no member of the Trump campaign, or any other American, colluded with Russia to interfere with the 2016 elections. He made the remarks during a press conference before releasing the Mueller report to the congressional committees and the public. The Special Counsel “did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,” Barr said, quoting the Mueller report. He also said that he and Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein determined there was no obstruction of justice case based on the information presented by Mueller.

Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of Republican National Committee (RNC), also asked for the origin of the Mueller probe to be investigated. “It is now time to get to the bottom of how an investigation based off of fake and partisan information began in the first place. After two years and over $35 million, American taxpayers deserve answers and the integrity of our democratic process depends on ensuring this never happens again,” she stated.

Trump and his legal team declared victory after the Mueller report was released. “I’m having a good day, too, it’s called ‘no collusion, no obstruction,’” he said while addressing the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride at the White House. “There never was by the way, and there never will be.” “This should never happen to another president again, this hoax, it should never happen to another president again,” he added.

Many Trump supporters also joined the rally on social media to declare victory. “Thank you to every Trump supporter who never gave up on him or doubted him. YOU are the champions today,” wrote Bill Mitchell, the host of a conservative talk radio show and one of the pundits on Trump, on Twitter.

‘Failure Among a Group of Leaders There’ During an April 10 hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Barr said that spying on Trump Campaign in 2016 “did occur.” “I think spying did occur. Yes, I think spying did occur,” he confirmed when Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) asked if he suggested that spying occurred. He also said that he wants to pull everything together from the various investigations at the Capitol and the DOJ and see if there are any remaining questions to be addressed. “I haven’t set up a team yet. But I do have in mind having some colleagues to help me pull all this information together and let me know whether there’s some areas that should be looked at,” he stated. Barr clarified that he is not launching an investigation into the FBI, but he thought there was probably “a failure among a group of leaders there.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/now-the-tables-have-turned-trump-campaign-demands-origin-of-mueller-probe-investigated_2886143.html

Notable: >>6232336 DJT: "The Mueller Report is perhaps the single most humiliating thing…" @TuckerCarlson

New DJT

sorry if posted already

Notable: Bongino: Nunes slams Mueller Report for ignoring FBI abuses

Of course he did. Just look at the dirty cops he had on the SC team. They would never expose the rot in the DOJ and FBI.

https://twitter.com/dbongino/status/1119032371066679296

Notable: @WhiteHouse: Two years and 35 million taxpayer dollars later…

Two years and 35 million taxpayer dollars later, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report this morning concluded what President Trump has told the American people from day one: No collusion, no obstruction.

twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1119034882439745537

www.whitehouse.gov/westwingreads/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wh

Notable: @DanScavino #NoCollusionNoObstruction (Vid upload from DJT)

#NoCollusionNoObstruction

twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1119034698288783360

Notable: >>6232354, >>6232496 moar Long Beach Port dig

Q post with goog screen cap of LA Long Beach/Seal Beach. A few years ago this Anon was on a military ship in Anaheim Bay. Without going into much detail and OPSEC rules and all. I can say without a doubt all that you see from the sky is not all that is there. I'm not really sure what all is in the public eye with that area but I will see if I can look into what all is public info.

Notable: DJT: There wasn't any evidence @TuckerCarlson

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119034770221088768

Notable: U.S. Intelligence Institutionally Politicized Toward Democrats (FreeBeacon)

U.S. Intelligence Institutionally Politicized Toward Democrats

John Gentry, who spent 12 years as a CIA analyst, criticized former senior intelligence leaders, including CIA Director John Brenan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former deputy CIA director Michael Morell, along with former analyst Paul Pillar, for breaking decades-long prohibitions of publicly airing their liberal political views in attacking Trump.

The institutional bias outlined in a lengthy article in the quarterly International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence risks undermining the role of intelligence in support of government leaders charged with making policy decisions.

Gentry stopped short of saying the widespread liberal bias of intelligence officials has influenced intelligence reports and products. However, he concludes that "bias may have crept into CIA analyses."

"A considerable body of evidence, much of it fragmentary, indicates that many CIA people have left-leaning political preferences, but less evidence shows that political bias influences CIA analyses," Gentry concludes.

A politicized workforce.

Politicization during the Obama administration also was evident at the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, long criticized for its shortcomings in intelligence analysis and reporting on China's military. According to Gentry, under Obama, editors of the DIA's primary current intelligence report were notified to "avoid specifically identified terms that might trigger criticism of administration policy."

A threat to the republic.

Charles "Sam" Faddis, a former CIA operations officer, said countering politicization is a critical question. "A secret service that involves itself in partisan politics is a threat to the republic," Faddis said.

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-intelligence-institutionally-politicized-toward-democrats/

Notable: Nissan to slash global production by 15% (Nikkei)

Nissan to slash global production by 15%

TOKYO – Nissan Motor will cut global production by about 15% for the fiscal year ending March 2020, Nikkei has learned, as the Japanese automaker shifts away from the aggressive expansion campaign promoted by former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.

The company aims to produce about 4.6 million units in fiscal 2019 – the lowest figure in nine years – according to plans being communicated to its suppliers. The move is expected to affect earnings, and could cast a pall over its alliance with French automaker Renault.

Under Ghosn, Nissan stretched itself thin in order to meet aggressive sales targets. Now it is seeking a different path forward, with President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa announcing last February a new strategy focused on profitability over sales volume. He pledged to overhaul the company's production and sales structures.

Nissan appears to have sustained sales and output declines in fiscal 2018 after almost a decade of growth, due to a sluggish performance in the U.S. The figures are expected to fall further this fiscal year, even as many of Nissan's rivals anticipate growth or at least in line with 2018, making Nissan's drop stand out.

The planned production cut would be the steepest since fiscal 2008, when output fell 16% in response to the global financial crisis. By region, the automaker plans to keep production in Japan largely flat at over 900,000 units, while slashing it overseas by 20% to about 3.7 million vehicles.

A significant hit to earnings could complicate Nissan's push to restructure its alliance with Renault. Currently, the French automaker owns 43% of Nissan, while Nissan has a non-voting 15% stake in Renault, despite accounting for nearly half of its partner's group net profit.

In North America, Nissan will scale back corporate sales operations that prop up unit sales but are less profitable. It will also reduce its sales incentive funds distributed to retail dealerships to finance discounts.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Nissan-s-Ghosn-crisis/Nissan-to-slash-global-production-by-15

Notable: Mueller report says WikiLeaks pushed "Seth Rich conspiracies" (TheHill)

Mueller report found WikiLeaks pushed Seth Rich conspiracies

http://hill.cm/WdZjFva

(pic related, but NOT to article)

EVEN THO PODESTA SAID HE WAS "FOR MAKING AN EXAMPLE OF THE LEAKER!"

(pic related)

Notable: Barr: Mueller Probe Did Not Present Sufficient Evidence to Establish Obstruction (Epoch)

Barr: Mueller Probe Did Not Present Sufficient Evidence to Establish Obstruction-of-Justice Offense

Attorney General William Barr said on April 18 that special counsel Robert Mueller did not provide sufficient evidence to support an obstruction-of-justice case against President Donald Trump.

“After carefully reviewing the facts and legal theories outlined in the report, and in consultation with the Office of Legal Counsel and other department lawyers, the deputy attorney general and I concluded that the evidence developed by the special counsel is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction-of-justice offense,” Barr said at a press conference.

Mueller, in his report, had not reached a prosecutorial judgment on the allegation of obstruction of justice and instead left the decision to the attorney general.

Barr said that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein “disagreed with some of the special counsel’s legal theories,” but nevertheless “accepted the special counsel’s legal framework for purposes of our analysis and evaluated the evidence as presented by the special counsel in reaching our conclusion.”

In their report, the special counsel team presented 10 different episodes, which it then used to discuss potential legal theories for connecting the president’s actions to obstruction of justice.

The 10 episodes presented are wide ranging, from the circumstances of FBI Director James Comey’s firing, to the allegation that Trump asked White House legal counsel Don McGahn to request that the Justice Department fire Mueller.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/barr-mueller-probe-did-not-present-sufficient-evidence-to-establish-obstruction-of-justice-offense_2886408.html

Notable: POTUS deleted tweet "Special evening on [Tucker, Hannity, Ingraham]…"

Tweet Deleted?

Notable: @USMC: They'll Never Take Our Freedom

US MARINES

https://twitter.com/USMC/status/1119027834301894657?s=19

Notable: DJT: No underlying crime… Whole thing was a made up fraud

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119024554431713280?s=19

Notable: Bill would offer in-state tuition to illegals at Oregon graduate schools (NBC)

Bill would offer in-state tuition to undocumented students at Oregon graduate schools

EUGENE, Ore. - State lawmakers are looking to expand in-state tuition.

If it's voted into law, SB 859 would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition for public Oregon graduate programs if they:

Qualified for undergraduate tuition equity

Attended Oregon K-12 schools for at least three years, or went to a U.S. school for a minimum of five years

Demonstrate intent to become a U.S. citizen

According to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, this would currently affect about 250 students.

https://nbc16.com/news/schools/oregon-may-offer-in-state-tuition-to-undocumented-students-for-graduate-school

Notable: US facial recognition will cover 97 percent of departing airline passengers within four years

US facial recognition will cover 97 percent of departing airline passengers within four years

Biometric Exit is already used at 15 US airports

The Department of Homeland Security says it expects to use facial recognition technology on 97 percent of departing passengers within the next four years. The system, which involves photographing passengers before they board their flight, first started rolling out in 2017, and was operational in 15 US airports as of the end of 2018.

The facial recognition system works by photographing passengers at their departure gate. It then cross-references this photograph against a library populated with facesimages from visa and passport applications, as well as those taken by border agents when foreigners enter the country.

The aim of the system is to offer “Biometric Exit,” which gives authorities as good an idea of who’s leaving the country as who’s entering it, and allows them to identify people who have overstayed their visas. Quartz notes that US authorities have traditionally relied on airline flight manifests to track who’s leaving the country.

Since the introduction of the current system, facial recognition identified 7,000 passengers who overstayed their visas on the 15,000 flights tracked. The US Customers and Border Protection (CBP) estimates that over 600,000 people overstay their visas every year, an offense that carries a maximum penalty of a 10-year ban from entering the US.

Critics argue that building up a database of millions of people’s photographs is a threat to civil liberties. Once you have the database, it would be easy to share it with other agencies, effectively turning it into a search tool for all law enforcement.

The current iteration of the system first entered trials in 2017 on a single flight between Atlanta and Tokyo. It was originally planned to roll out more widely at the beginning of 2018, but its implementation was fast-tracked by the Trump administration and was expanded to more airports in the summer of 2017.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/18/18484581/us-airport-facial-recognition-departing-flights-biometric-exit

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0417_fy18-entry-and-exit-overstay-report.pdf

Notable: >>6231606 Long Beach Port dig

>>6228098 /PB Q

>Long Beach Port

If anyone recalls, during the Napa digs, an anon traced a rail line from the Port of Long Beach through the Port of Oakland and terminating in Napa Valley.

Spade had a house up there about a mile a so away from NP with a property owned by the Backpage founders in between the two.

Notable: DJT: Anything the Russians did [re 2016] was done while Obama was president. …

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119019875203153921

Notable: Justin Trudeau is unable to answer an uncomfortable question re prostitutes

>>6231386

NXIVM

Notable: Delta of Q drop and POTUS tweet = 00:45:55

Delta Of Q Drop And POTUS Tweet = 45:55

I take it POTUS agrees with Q's drop.

Time to release the Kraken.

Notable: Did Q team and Army bring in @Snowden?

Guise…..I think Q team and Army just brought in @snowden

Notable: POTUS and FLOTUS landed safely in Palm Beach for a long Easter weekend at Maralago.

Landed safely in Palm Beach for a long Easter weekend at Maralago.

6:44 PM - 18 Apr 2019

Notable: Sessions and Rosenstein both agreed with POTUS to fire James Comey?

Page 279 about the James Comey firing. Sessions and Rosenstein both agreed with POTUS to fire James Comey. Earlier POTUS got 3 (three) confirmations from Comey that he (POTUS) wasn't under investigation.

BOOM?

Trust the plan.

Notable: Venezuela skirts U.S. sanctions by funneling oil sales via Russia?

Venezuela skirts U.S. sanctions by funneling oil sales via Russia

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro is funneling cashflow from Venezuelan oil sales through Russian state energy giant Rosneft as he seeks to evade U.S. sanctions designed to oust him from power, according to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters.

The sales are the latest sign of the growing dependence of Venezuela’s cash-strapped government on Russia as the United States tightens a financial noose around Maduro, who it describes as a dictator.

With its economy reeling from years of recession and a sharp decline in oil production, Venezuela was already struggling to finance imports and government spending before Washington imposed tough restrictions on state oil company PDVSA in January.

Oil accounts for more than 90 percent of exports from the OPEC nation and the lion’s share of government revenues. Maduro has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of waging economic war against Venezuela.

Since January, Maduro’s administration has been in talks with allies in Moscow about ways to circumvent a ban on clients paying PDVSA in dollars, the sources said. Russia has publicly said the U.S. sanctions are illegal and it would work with Venezuela to weather them.

Under the scheme uncovered by Reuters, Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has started passing invoices from its oil sales to Rosneft.

The Russian energy giant pays PDVSA immediately at a discount to the sale price – avoiding the usual 30-to-90 day timeframe for completing oil transactions – and collects the full amount later from the buyer, according to the documents and sources.

Major energy companies such as India’s Reliance Industries Ltd - PDVSA’s largest cash-paying client - have been asked to participate in the scheme by paying Rosneft for Venezuelan oil, the documents show.

Rosneft, which has heavily invested in Venezuela under President Vladimir Putin, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Venezuela’s oil ministry, its information ministry - which handles media for the government - and PDVSA did not respond to questions.

Russia has loaned Venezuela almost $16 billion since 2006, which is being repaid in oil shipments, and has also taken significant stakes in petroleum projects, meaning it already controls a large slice of the South American country’s production.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-rosneft-exclusive-idUSKCN1RU2A4

Notable: >>6230756, >>6230840 Planefag: EOSIN06. Dark to light reference?

EOSIN06

E-6 plane with an odd callsign EOSIN06.

Notable: Chinese selling LBP? Too much scrutiny?

>>6230641

Looks like they're sellin'

Here’s who’s thinking about buying one of the Port of Long Beach’s busiest, most coveted terminals

The sale of one of the busiest container terminals at the Port of Long Beach – and in all of North America – has drawn interest from two large firms based in New York and two international investment groups.

Last month, it was announced that COSCO – Chinese owner of the Long Beach Container Terminal – had plans to sell the massive terminal in a process that would start in December. On Tuesday, Dec. 11, people familiar with the matter – who asked not to be identified because the information is private – told Bloomberg News that investment firms Blackstone Group LP and KKR & Co. are potential buyers.

Additionally, Sweden-based equity group EQT Partners and an arm of Macquarie Group Ltd., an investment banking group based in Australia, have also been studying a deal for the asset, the people said. The facility is valued at $1 billion or more, depending on the structure of a deal, the people said.

The nearly 200-acre facility imports a wide variety of goods — such as appliances and other electronics, garments, and furniture — from China, Taiwan and other Asian countries. Five unions have employees there, from longshoremen to clerks; and along with its sister terminal in Taiwan, it sees about 2.7 million containers go through it each year. So it represents significant economic output.

https://www.presstelegram.com/2018/12/13/heres-whos-thinking-about-buying-one-of-port-of-long-beachs-busiest-most-coveted-terminals/

Notable: Democrat boss about to drop the impeachment hammer.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/439633-ocasio-cortez-says-shell-sign-impeachment-resolution

Notable: >>6230873, >>6230888, >>6230915 Possible trafficking routes along highways and railways. (LBP)

highway 1 in Long Beach

10 & 40 freeways

Train tracks follow freeways in California

Long Beach to Las Vegas mebbe?

pic is train tracks.

Notable: Nadler has reportedly formally requested that Mueller testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

NEW: Rep. Jerry Nadler has reportedly formally requested that Special Counsel Mueller testify before the House Judiciary Committee because "we clearly can't believe what Attorney General Barr tells us." - The Hill

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1119006004149014528

Notable: DJT Tweet: "It was a really great day for America! A special evening tonight on @TuckerCarlson, @seanhannity & @IngrahamAngle Will be very interesting!"

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119004969191890944

Notable: >>6230623 Sara Carter: Adam Schiff-ting: Trump is Unpatriotic - Doesn't Matter If He's Innocent.

https://saraacarter.com/adam-schiff-ting-trump-is-unpatriotic-doesnt-matter-if-hes-innocent/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Notable: Facebook security lapse affects millions more Instagram users than first stated.

Facebook security lapse affects millions more Instagram users than first stated.

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1119000843976683521

Notable: 3227 Nat. Guard tweet: 3227 Q crumb.

>>6230449

>He knows that he is fucked.

Notable: US Army Tweet: "Orderup!"

#Orderup!

twitter.com/USArmy/status/1118999049812758529

Notable: Planefag: Even more E3 Sentries in the skies.

>>6230370

>>6230333 lb trips

>>6230085 lb Planefag: 7 Sentry's and 3 Hawkeyes. Unprecedented.

I now see 2 hawkeyes (never seen one before!) and TEN, yes TEN E3 Sentries.

Agree it is QUITE REMARKABLE.

What's up???

Notable: US DoD: National Guard readiness.

They’re over 450,000 strong and can be mobilized at any moment to support efforts on the homefront or side by side with service members abroad.

Here are nine things you didn’t know about the @USNationalGuard.

#KnowYourMil

twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1118997632804958208

www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/1812295/part-time-service-members-full-time-citizens/

Notable: Top lawmakers to get a chance to see the non-public Mueller report next week. (all redactions removed except Grand Jury info)

BREAKING: The Justice Department offers top lawmakers an opportunity to review a non-public version of the Mueller report next week - Reuters

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1118998756417052678

Notable: Planefag: 7 Sentry's and 3 Hawkeyes. Unprecedented.

Guys, I see 7 Sentry's and 3 Hawkeyes in the air right now, never seen this many at once before, been here since day one. We be listening!!

Notable: >>6230084, >>6230147 Q Photos connected? Possible flight path.

check it out

timestamps

it's actually 15:47 because qanon.pub doesn't account for daylight savings time

but they all still connect

Notable: Japanese investment company executives extradited on charges relating to $1.5 billion ponzi scheme.

Japanese Investment Company Executives Extradited on Charges Relating to $1.5 Billion Ponzi Scheme

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/japanese-investment-company-executives-extradited-charges-relating-15-billion-ponzi-scheme

Notable: >>6230113 You're dumb if you don't believe collusion. How the media gaslighting has polluted the justice system in America.

ONLY THE UPPER EAST SIDE SOPHISTICATED CLASS IS SMART ENOUGH TO SEE THE COLLUSION

THE REST OF US IGNORAMUSES IN THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA ARE TOO RETARDED TO UNDERSTAND

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/04/18/cnn-mueller-found-ton-collusion-only-sophisticated-people-see

Notable: DJT Tweet: "“Donald Trump was being framed, he fought back. That is not Obstruction.” @JesseBWatters"

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118990550235877376

Notable: Gold Line is Adam Schiff's project.

https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2018/11/20/even-the-demise-of-prop-6-cant-speed-up-gold-line/

Gold Line is Adam Schiff's project.

http://acec-la.org/

Notable: Nunes calling for #SpyGate hashtag again (and memes).

Nunes calling for #SpyGate hashtag again (and memes)

Time to change the narrative.

Notable: Planefag: MH-60 Seahawk San Diego.

>>6229836

>>6229271 (lb)

MH-60 Seahawk San Diego.

Notable: 26 States now ban or restrict community broadband.

Report: 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband

Many of the laws restricting local voters’ rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.

A new report has found that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns and cities from building their own broadband networks. Quite often the laws are directly written by the telecom sector, and in some instances ban towns and cities from building their own broadband networks—even if the local ISP refuses to provide service.

The full report by BroadbandNow, a consumer-focused company that tracks US broadband availability, indicates the total number of state restrictions on community broadband has jumped from 20 such restrictions since the group’s last report in 2018.

Frustrated by slow speeds, limited availability, high prices and terrible customer service, more than 750 communities across the country have built their own broadband ISPs or cooperatives. Studies have shown these locally owned and operated networks tend to offer lower prices, faster speeds, and better customer service than their private-sector counterparts.

Instead of competing by offering better service—private sector telecom giants like Comcast and AT&T have routinely turned to a cheaper alternative: easily corrupted state lawmakers. In exchange for campaign contributions, lawmakers frequently and uncritically pass on model legislation written by industry and distributed by organizations like ALEC.

Often the restrictions are buried in other, unrelated legislation to try and avoid public scrutiny. For example in 2016, AT&T lobbyists attempted to include community broadband restrictions in a bill intended to address regional traffic issues.

BroadbandNow’s report looks at each state’s restrictions individually, and found that while some states simply banned community broadband outright (a notable assault on voters’ democratic rights), others impose clever but onerous restrictions on precisely how a local network can be funded, who they can partner with, or how quickly (and where) they’re allowed to grow.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzmana/report-26-states-now-ban-or-restrict-community-broadband

Notable: Kellyanne: We had Wisconsin. We didn't need WikiLeaks.

We had Wisconsin

We didn’t need WikiLeaks

Don’t lose sight of what an awful day this is for awful candidate with awful excuses for running awful campaign.

twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/1118988617467203597

twitter.com/thehill/status/1118970956829974528

Notable: Port of Long Beach VP - Bonnie Lowenthal.

>>6229716

FFS the Port of Long Beach VP - Bonnie Lowenthal -

Since the late 1980s, Ms. Lowenthal has taken an active role in affordable housing. Appointed as Vice Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force on Homelessness in 1987, she has looked for mechanisms to house people and prevent homelessness. As a City Councilmember and the Chairperson of the city’s Housing and Neighborhoods Committee, she authored the Housing Trust Fund for the City of Long Beach and brought to Long Beach the first city-administered overnight shelter for single men and women. Most recently, Ms. Lowenthal chaired the Mayor’s Task Force on Affordable Housing for the city and provided recommendations to the Long Beach City Council.

Beginning in 1989, as Director of Planning for the United Cambodian Community, she also served as the Arts Manager representing a group of Cambodian musicians and began a Cambodian Children’s Orchestra. In 1991, Ms. Lowenthal traveled to Cambodia with a national Red Cross group to investigate the proliferation of landmines following wars in the country. She also helped initiate a sister-city relationship between Long Beach and Phnom Penh and was an official observer during Cambodia’s first municipal elections in more than 40 years. Ms. Lowenthal has also served as Clinical Director for the Cambodian Association of America and as a participant on the Cambodiatown Advisory Board.

Ms. Lowenthal currently serves her community on the St. Mary Medical Center Governing Board, the U.S. Vets Advisory Board, the Children Today Board of Directors, the Linc Housing Board of Directors and the Jewish Family and Children’s Service Board of Directors.

Notable: College admission scandal defendants mount aggressive defense.

Parents Punch Back: College Admission Scandal Defendants Mount Aggressive Defense, Preparing For "War"

On the same day that it was reported that Lori Loughlin's daughter may be the first student facing criminal charges in the college admissions scandal, it's also looking increasingly like many parents involved are preparing to fight the charges against them vigorously, according to Bloomberg. Some of the parents, including former TPG executive Bill McGlashan, ex-Pimco chief Douglas Hodge and TV sitcom veteran Lori Loughlin are assembling aggressive defenses, while others have already punched back. Many of the parents have the money to put up a serious legal fight on multiple fronts, which could make the case more than an open-and-shut formality for the government.

Peter Henning, a former federal prosecutor who teaches at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit said: “When you take on well-heeled clients, you’re inevitably inviting a battle. This is not going to be easy for the government.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-18/parents-punch-back-college-admission-scandal-defendants-mount-aggressive-defense

Notable: Q clock update. Re-read crumbs.

Q CLOCK UPDATE - RE-READ CRUMBS

Today's Q Clock :17

Who funds WW leftist events?

American taxpayer (subsidize).

How do you 'squeeze' funds out of the US?

Follow the EOs.

What has the D party done for the black pop?

What has the R party done for the black pop?

What has POTUS done in 1 year?

Today's :25/:55 Q Clock Mirror :33

The spirit cooking discovery is bigger that you know.

Follow Maria.

The Nazi order.

Enjoy the show tonight.

Think Mueller.

MEMES locked on target?

Fire when ready.

Today's 180-Degree Q Clock Mirror :47

The light will reveal those on the team and those pretending to be.

Coming soon to a theater near you.

@Snowden

Almost time.

Huber >> IG (Horowitz) >> Storch

See something

Say something

THIS IS ABOUT SAVING AMERICA. WRWY N1LB FG&C WWG1WGA!

Notable: Two crumbs about Long Beach.

>>6229682

Reposting:

Two Crumbs About Long Beach

(the pic from today is the third)

>Trace from China/MX to Long Beach.

>Trace to Port (Security Clearance Profile (L5)).

>Who granted?

>Hussein/HRC.

>AS.

>Feeling ok today?

>Why is the MX border / Long Beach Port so important?

>Tick TOCK (LLC).

Notable: Axelrod: Mueller Report ‘Virtually Inviting an Impeachment Probe’ from Congress.

Axelrod: Mueller Report ‘Virtually Inviting an Impeachment Probe’ from Congress

"The report provides a conundrum for Congress by virtually inviting an impeachment probe around the obstruction issue."

Democratic operative David Axelrod, who is best known for serving as chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns, said Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted final report virtually invites “an impeachment probe” for President Trump on Thursday.

Attorney General William Barr released a redacted version of Mueller’s final report regarding whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. While Mueller’s final report found no evidence of collusion, there is still the question of whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice. “The report provides a conundrum for Congress by virtually inviting an impeachment probe around the obstruction issue,” Axelrod tweeted.

https://ntknetwork.com/axelrod-mueller-report-virtually-inviting-an-impeachment-probe-from-congress/

https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1118902263882440704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Notable: >>6229973, >>6230032, >>6230108 1st & 10 on the 40 theories.

>>6229560 lb

1st and 10.

Pacific Highway 1 and 10th Street?

That is smack dab in the middle of Seal Beach area that Q dropped?

Notable: AF1 headed toward Florida.

AF1 HEADED TOWARD FLORIDA.

Notable: Air Canada flight travelling to Winnipeg diverted to Regina due to emergency.

Air Canada flight travelling to Winnipeg diverted to Regina due to emergency: Regina Airport

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/air-canada-flight-travelling-to-winnipeg-diverted-to-regina-due-to-emergency-regina-airport-1.4386185

Notable: Ninth Circuit denies Trump attempt to block California sanctuary law.

Ninth Circuit denies Trump attempt to block California sanctuary law:

https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article229428279.html

Notable: Joint Forces Training Base.

>>6229391

Thank you anon

If Q wanted to focus on Port of Long Beach, they would have just had to tilt the camera up and to the left and zoom a little bit

This is to get us to focus on:

1. Seal Beach Naval Weapons Facility

2. Q Team is coming going from Los Alamitos Joint Military Base where W would fly in when he was POTUS

3. Long Beach Airport, which is sort of in the shot, but not really

I think it's either Seal Beach naval Weapons yard and/or Los Alamitos Joint Military Base where guess what…

THEY WOULD LAUNCH THE FUCKING NATIONAL GUARD TO ROUND PEOPLE UP FOR MILITARY TRIBUNALS WHEN INDICTMENTS ARE UNSEALED

Notable: Giuliani slams Mueller report as 'cheap shot'.

Giuliani slams Mueller report as 'cheap shot'

twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1118974897789767681

Giuliani says Mueller's report took a 'cheap shot' at Trump

thehill.com/hilltv/rising/439577-giuliani-says-muellers-report-took-a-cheap-shot-at-trump

Notable: Cliff Sloan redacted name in Mueller Report?

Cliff Sloan is probably name in the Mueller Report, next to Gregory Craig, who is still under investigation. Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

According to Skadden’s FARA registration, Gregory Craig was joined on the Ukraine work by Skadden partner Cliff Sloan, whose hourly rate was identified as $1,050. Craig’s rate, according to documents filed in connection with the registration, was $1,150 per hour.

https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2019/04/11/greg-craig-former-skadden-partner-charged-with-lying-about-ukraine-work/

Notable: >>6229239 Nunes statement on Mueller report.

Goodbye Russia Hoax! Hello #SpyGate !

Statement on Mueller Report

#MuellerDossier

twitter.com/DevinNunes/status/1118976810811678720

republicans-intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=936

Nunes Statement on Mueller Report

The Mueller report ignored a wide range of abuses committed during the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign. And now, with the revelation that the Special Counsel was authorized at the outset to investigate Carter Page for allegedly colluding with Russians to hack the election, it’s clear that false allegations from the Steele dossier played a major role not only in the FISA warrant application on Page, but in the appointment of the Special Counsel as well.

The biggest takeaway from the entire Russia hoax is that our nation’s counter-intelligence capabilities should never again be abused to target an administration’s political opponents. Those who colluded in this effort – the media, Fusion GPS, Democratic Party leaders in Congress, the Clinton campaign, and partisan intelligence leaders – should apologize to the innocent people they maligned and to the American people they deceived.

Notable: >>6229294 Queen Mary and creepy pool nearby.

Queen Mary nearby….has a very creepy pool, if you know what ah mean…

Notable: Long Beach Q drop.

Mack is naming names.

Big names in H-Wood / Gov’t (local/federal).

Proof.

The ‘Standard’ Hotel.

Helicopter crash.

All related.

Future will prove past.

AS.

Feeling ok today?

Why is the MX border / Long Beach Port so important?

Tick TOCK (LLC).

Q

Notable: DJT Tweet: "Today, I was thrilled to host the @WWP Soldier Ride once again at the @WhiteHouse. We were all deeply honored to be in the presence of TRUE AMERICAN HEROES…."

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118976983797567488

Notable: Planefag: Callsigns FEAR 41 & 42 B-52s to go with RATS41 & 42, BOSSY86 E-6

>>6228986

>>6228942

FEAR 41 & 42 B-52s to go with RATS41 & 42.

BOSSY86 E-6

Notable: Canada extends deadline for Trans Mountain pipeline decision to June 18.

Canada extends deadline for Trans Mountain pipeline decision to June 18

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada has extended the deadline for a decision on whether to push forward with the expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline to June 18 from mid-May, the government said on Thursday.

The Trans Mountain expansion (TMX) project would nearly triple the amount of crude flowing from Alberta’s oil sands to British Columbia’s coast, but has been beset by regulatory delays and opposition from indigenous groups, environmentalists and the government of British Columbia.

Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s minister of natural resources, said the delay would give the federal Liberal government more time to consult with indigenous groups impacted by the pipeline.

“The Government has consistently said that a decision would only be made on the project once we are satisfied that the duty to consult has been met,” he said.

However, Conservative shadow minister for natural resource Shannon Stubbs said the delay meant another summer construction season would likely be missed.

“There is also still a very real risk that the Liberals will cancel this project for political reasons,” she said in a statement.

Last August, the Canadian government bought the pipeline from Kinder Morgan Canada for C$4.5 billion ($3.37 billion) to ensure it gets built.

That came after Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal overturned the Liberal government’s 2016 approval to expand the pipeline. The court ruled Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) regulator had not considered marine impacts and the government had not adequately consulted indigenous groups.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government ordered a new NEB review of Trans Mountain last September, and in February the regulator recommended the government approve it a second time.

The NEB also made new recommendations to mitigate harm to Pacific Ocean killer whales, which environmentalists warn will face disruption from increased oil tanker traffic.

Alberta’s Premier-designate Jason Kenney, who won a landslide election victory in the oil-rich province on Tuesday, said he had spoken with Trudeau about the delay.

“I agree with the Prime Minister that they need to make sure they cross every ‘t’ and dot every ‘i’ when it comes to discharging the federal government’s duty to consult,” Kenney told a news conference. “We certainly do not want them to go back to the drawing board a third time on this.”

RBC Capital Markets analyst Michael Tran said the short delay to the decision would not materially impact the energy sector.

“The government is taking its time to make sure the right decision is made and it’s communicated the right way to the masses,” Tran said.

Trudeau’s Liberals face a federal election later this year in which the environment and pipelines will be major issues.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-pipeline/canada-extends-deadline-for-trans-mountain-pipeline-decision-to-june-18-idUSKCN1RU1LS?il=0

Notable: High res aerial of Q pic.

Q3313 Seal Beach, Ca

High Res

1st & 10 on the 40

10 1st Street in zip 907 40

is center of Q Pic

Notable: Police believe electrical short circuit responsible for Notre Dame fire.

Police believe electrical short circuit responsible for Notre Dame fire

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/police-believe-electrical-short-circuit-responsible-for-notre-dame-fire

Nevermind the person on the roof who appears to light the fire

Notable: About the city of Seal Beach.

>>6228890

all you wanted to know,

ABOUT THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH

Serving as the northern gateway to Orange County's 42 miles of coastline, this quiet, down-to-earth community is the perfect seaside destination to call home, visit, or locate your business. Seal Beach is named after the seals that once frequented its beachfront. Today, the city is filled with quaint neighborhoods and hometown appeal.

Wide, sandy expanses and several great surf spots make Seal Beach a favorite community among locals, and conditions are ideal for kitesurfing, windsurfing, and building sandcastles.

FUN FACTS

Location: On the coast, approximately 28 miles east of Los Angeles - between the cities of Long Beach and Huntington Beach.

County: Orange

Airport: Seal Beach is served by both the John Wayne (Orange County) Airport (SNA) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Seal Beach is 22 miles north of SNA and 27 miles south of LAX.

City Area: Seal Beach has a total area of 13.1 square miles. 11.3 square miles of this is land and 1.8 square miles is water.

Beach: 1.5 miles of beach, from 1st Street through Surfside

Pier: Seal Beach is home to the second longest wooden pier in the state of California. Originally built in the early 1900's, the pier was rebuilt in the 1980's after a storm destroyed two sections.

Parks: The current park system, as of May 2013, includes the operation of 18 parks for a total of 75.45 acres, four Community Centers, one Tennis Center, one Gymnasium (Indoor Sports Facility), and one Aquatics Facility.

Elevation: 15 feet above sea level

Rainfall: Average annual rainfall of 14 inches

Temperature: Average temperature ranges from 70º F in summer to 55º F in winter

Population: The population according to 2010 census is 24,168

City tree: Carob tree

City flower: Chrysanthemum

Government: Seal Beach is a Charter city, operating under the City Council-City Manager form of government.

City Council: The Seal Beach City Council is comprised of five members. Seal Beach's mayor is selected annually from among the City Council Members.

Employees: The City has approximately 100 full-time employees

Did you know that the City of Seal Beach was first known as Bay City, but there was already a Bay City located in Northern California? When the time came to incorporate on October 25, 1915, the town was named Seal Beach.

http://www.sealbeachca.gov/About-Seal-Beach

Notable: Los Alamitos City Council voted 4-1 to not be a sanctuary.

Los Alamitos-Seal Beach - This is Seal Beach, CA. They fought to not become a sanctuary city.

Mar 20, 2018

"There's been a real shift to a national, xenophobic acceptability in our society that is heartbreaking," said Rabbi Jonathan Klein, executive director of the Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice group, the Register reported. "We're in an era of open bigotry."

After two hours of testimony from residents, discussing both sides of the issue, the Los Alamitos City Council voted 4-1 to not be a sanctuary.

Council members in the majority said that California's so-called sanctuary law, SB-54, puts them at odds with the U.S. Constitution.

https://patch.com/california/losalamitos/los-alamitos-declares-sanctuary-sanctuary-city-law

Notable: Libyan loot in South Africa?

So, R2 trillion US$, hundreds of tons of gold & six million carats of diamonds from Libya stored in heavily-guarded bunkers in secret locations. All sitting in South Africa, under the ANC's watchful gaze…

4:52 AM - 7 Apr 2019

https://twitter.com/Deni707/status/1114858569835393024

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/found-in-sa-libyas-trillions-1791851

Old News

Notable: POTUS Schedule: "POTUS and FLOTUS walk together to MarineOne on their way the Maralago for the Easter holiday. Do not stop to take Q's."

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1118972125556236288

Notable: Q in NCIS.

Saw this last night on SE5 EP17 of NCIS.

Enjoy…

Included link to the video clip if you want to watch it.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/fvl7hvOXrdXU/

Notable: Lexington began at about 5am. Q watch.

First shot fired "at about 5AM." 4:49 is about 5AM in my book.

Notable: Dapperpepeanon narrows down the 1st redaction's starting letter.

>>6227353 (lb) D-5 redactions

I was looking into what that section was about…ongoing prosecutions/investigations..page D-4 leading into blanked D-5 says the list is alphabetical by subject.

First is redacted second name is Cohen. So first one has to be a name that starts with A B or C before o

Abedin or Clinton come to mind…everything past "craig" is redacted so not much help there.

TLDR: I am guessing its either Huma or Hilldawg who are the first case.

Notable: Border-wall funding looks like it won’t divert $310 million in Southern California military construction. (Seal Beach)

>>6228305

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/12/border-wall-funding-looks-like-it-wont-divert-310m-in-so-cal-military-construction/amp/

Hmmmm prison?

Notable: Hannity: Democrats have lost and they don't know it.

https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/1118953724209180673

Notable: Sara Carter article: Mueller’s Report Ends ‘WitchHunt’ But What’s About To Unfold Is The Real Story.

>>6228098

>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1118947182286184449

screenshot of

https://saraacarter.com/muellers-report-ends-witchhunt-but-whats-about-to-unfold-is-the-real-story/

Notable: >>6228392, >>6228614 Seal Beach in Q's photo. (Long Beach Port)

>>6228098

That’s Seal Beach! Been there 4 times to load/unload ammunitions for WestPac deployment o7

Notable: US Army Tweet: "Do you know the Warrior Ethos?"

Repost

Bread 7963 [lb]

>>6227628

Do you know the Warrior Ethos?

twitter.com/USArmy/status/1118953756954112006

Notable: Sears sues ex-CEO Lampert, Steven Mnuchin for looting the company.

Sears Sues Ex-CEO Lampert, Steven Mnuchin For Looting The Company

Sears, or rather the company that formerly owned Sears and Kmart, has sued its ex-CEO, chairman and iconic investor Eddie Lampert and his hedge fund alleging they illegally stripped the retailer of assets in the years leading up to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The lawsuit accuses Lampert that while he headed the recently bankrupt company, he directed the transfer of billions of dollars in assets "for grossly inadequate consideration or no consideration at all" for the benefit of himself, his hedge fund ESL Investments and others, Reuters reported. In other words, Lampert allegedly "asset stripped" Sears of most of its attractive assets and personally benefited from the transfers.

The lawsuit, filed by Sears Holdings, targets about two dozen defendants, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who was previously an investor and board member of ESL and has been friends with Lampert for decades.

Sears Holdings - a bankrupt zombie company in every sense of the word - of which Lampert was formerly CEO, chairman and the largest investor, alleged that Lampert's moves "were unmistakably intended to hinder, delay and defraud creditors and/or occurred when the Company was insolvent and had insufficient capital to continue its operations and to repay its billions of dollars in debt."

Had Lampert been prevented to syphon off assets, "Sears would have had billions of dollars more to pay its third-party creditors today and would not have endured the amount of disruption, expense and job losses resulting from its recent bankruptcy filing," the lawsuit continue, and also alleges that Lampert "knew the Company had no plan to return to profitability" and worked "to create a false record to cover up their asset stripping, at Lampert’s personal direction," including "bad-faith predictions" of a "dramatic turn-around."

Two months ago, Lampert struck a last-minute deal to buy Sears assets out of bankruptcy, avoid a liquidation that would leave tens of thousands without a job, and keep about 400 stores open under a new entity called Transform Holdco.

However, as part of the deal, Sears Holdings, which sold assets Lampert, is still dealing with angry creditors who say that Lampert exploited them and profited from the retailer's descent.

ESL countered, saying in a statement that it "vigorously disputes" the lawsuit, calling them "baseless allegations and fanciful claims" that "are misleading or just flat wrong." According to the hedge fund, under Lampert's leadership, Sears used more than $2 billion in proceeds from asset sales to reduce the retailer's debt and fund its operations. The hedge fund said it did not receive favorable treatment, adding that the Sears board and independent directors authorized the deals in question.

"We are confident that the processes we followed for each of these transactions are unimpeachable," ESL said.

It was not immediately clear whether the lawsuit could disrupt the operations, or what's left of them, of the so-called New Sears.

Lampert came under fire over the past several years for his leadership, such a 2015 decision to sell certain valuable stores to a real estate investment trust called Seritage Growth Properties, where he had a significant ownership stake. Seritage is also targeted in the lawsuit. Lampert also faced scrutiny for loading Sears up with debt from his hedge fund.

Last June, USA Today reported that Lampert and ESL were collecting at least $200 million annually in debt payments from Sears and that Lampert had personally directed the company not to reinvest in major store upgrades.

Ahead of its October 2018 bankruptcy, Sears closed more than 3,500 stores and cut about 250,000 jobs in roughly the last 15 years as sales cratered.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-18/sears-sues-ex-ceo-lampert-steven-mnuchin-looting-company

(told you anon who keeps defending munchkins-read it and weep-and BTW you still have an active Treasury Sec charged with a federal crime, just sayin')

ESL Investments

Mnuchin worked as a vice-chairman of hedge fund, ESL Investments. After his service, Steven succeeded to establish the company as the SFM Capital Management together with the financier, George Soros.

Notable: >>6228368 Illhan Omar and Cair campaign finance dig.

SO, here's a dig that started off connecting #ilhanomar to #cair via #campaignfinance. 

However, it kind of took off from there. 

1. Her highest contributor in 2018 was Emily's List, a pro-choice PAC founded by Ellen Malcolm (no relation to Ian), clocking in at $10,485. End Citizen's United (*insert "ironic" Palpatine here*) came in as her second highest supporter, with $10,040. You can't make this stuff up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMILY%27s_List

https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cycle=2018&cmte=C00193433

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_Citizens_United

1b. Interesting to note, is that #abortion doesn't seem to be expressly prohibited by #islam. PLEASE NOTE: This was a cursory search to establish the canonical and historical precedent to determine whether or not an Islamic candidate/person could take money from a pro-choice organization, or if it was prohibited. As of now, my conclusion is that it is not prohibited and thus Omar could receive the contributions.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_abortion

2. The connect from #ilhanomar to #cair was ridiculously easy, they're number 22 on her 2018 donor list, coming in at a cool $5,000. 

https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/17/ilhan-omar-cair-fundraise/

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00043581&cycle=2018&recs=100&type=I

3. What's more, there's more news being released on her marrying her brother, then using campaign finances to dissolve the union. 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/ten-years-ago-today-democrat-rep-ilhan-omar-married-her-biological-brother-from-somalia/

4. Other interesting players besides #cair are highlighted in yellow. I've seen "Antidote Films" pop up quite a few times in my other digs, so I decided to add a sidebar into their financial donations to candidates in 2018 and the 2016 presidential eleciton (supported HRC with at least $789). Note how many "new democrat" types they support - two of them now presidential candidates for 2020. 

5. Finally, circling back to Emily's list, I opened up Ellen Malcom's contributions. I established her identity as THE Ellen Malcom of #emilyslist by cross-referencing whenever the zip codes intersected with her occupation listed as "Emily's list". Thankfully, she was kind enough to establish both of the pictured DC addresses along with the Peabody, MA one. 

https://www.opensecrets.org/search?order=desc&page=3&q=Ellen+Malcolm&sort=D&type=donors

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/05/deep-pocketed-democratic-donors/

Enjoy Anons! WWG1GA!

Notable: US Marines Tweet: "Red, White and Blue. Spray"

US MARINES

Red, White and Blue

Marines with 3rd Marine Division, perform squad attacks on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. https://t.co/kbtBx5TLMC

The important point is who Hussein is aiming the gun at.

Red, White, and Blue.

Spray.

Q

ITS HABBENING

Notable: Redacted PAIN.

>>6228098

Is it D-5 Time Boss? Shall this be the page of PAIN!?

Notable: US COAST GUARD twat: will turn nearly 18k lbs. of drugs worth $62 million to DEA agents today.

US COAST GUARD

GREAT JOB!!!

#BREAKING: @USCG will turn nearly 18k lbs. of drugs worth $62 million to DEA agents today. #USCG crews seized the drugs near Central/South America. Illicit trafficking lines the pockets of criminal organizations that breed violence. Read more: https://t.co/fgeWH757i2 https://t.co/IHwwDaFdn8

https://twitter.com/VComdtUSCG/status/1118876940667183105?s=19

Notable: Paul Sperry twat on report: The investigation did not identify evidence connecting the events of June 9 & the GRU's hack-and-dump operation

Buried in a footnote, Mueller Report crushes last remaining MSM "collusion" hopes centered on June 9, 2016, Trump Tower meeting involving Donald Trump Jr: == "The investigation did not identify evidence connecting the events of June 9 & the GRU's hack-and-dump operation."==

https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1118951760285061120

Notable: US Army twat: Do you know the Warrior Ethos?

US ARMY

Do you know the Warrior Ethos?

#ArmyValues #ServeWithHonor #ThursdayThoughts https://t.co/tMIXrVMhLattps://twitter.com/USArmy/status/1118953756954112006?s=19

Notable: 1800 Migrants Illegally Enter El Paso Sector in One Day

1800 Migrants Illegally Enter El Paso Sector in One Day

El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 1,800 migrants who illegally crossed the border Tuesday. More than half crossed into the El Paso Metropolitan Area.

Lordsburg Station agents patrolling near the remote Antelope Wells Port of Entry in the New Mexico boot heel region encountered a group of 230 shortly before 1 a.m. on April 16, according to El Paso Sector Border Patrol officials. The agents began the long task of medically screening, processing, and transporting the migrants to the station.

About five minutes after the apprehension of the first group, another set of agents encountered a group of 360 migrants just west of Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, New Mexico, officials reported.

The agents working in the Antelope Wells Port of Entry area encountered yet another large group of 130 migrants at about 11:45 p.m. to close out their day.

In total, the El Paso Sector agents apprehended a total of more than 1,800 migrants on Tuesday — at least half entering in the El Paso Metropolitan area, officials stated.

During the first six months of Fiscal Year 2018, El Paso Sector agents apprehended less than 11,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico. So far this fiscal year, that number has skyrocketed to more than 71,000.

“It is very clear that the cartels and their smugglers know the weaknesses in our laws,” Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said during a visit to the Texas border this week. “They know that family units and unaccompanied children will be released with no consequences for their illegal entry”

During a press briefing earlier this month, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Law Enforcement Operations Director Brian Hastings expressed concern about the cartel tactic of crossing large groups of migrants in remote areas, Breitbart News reported.

“The resources that we’re pulling away from national security have a negative effect on law enforcement mission,” the operations director explained. “Currently each day we’re pulling approximately 40 percent of our agents on the Southwest border, and diverting them specifically for the humanitarian need, that is to care for, transport and process family units and UACs.”

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/04/18/1800-migrants-illegally-enter-el-paso-sector-in-one-day/

Notable: Report: National Enquirer Sold to Hudson News CEO for $100 Million

Report: National Enquirer Sold to Hudson News CEO for $100 Million

The National Enquirer is being sold for $100 million to Hudson News CEO James Cohen, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The development comes after the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc, announced it was evaluating “strategic options” for the supermarket tabloid. The media company also said it was looking options for its Globe and the National Examiner properties.

The sale comes after the Enquirer bought revealing messages between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his then-secret girlfriend for $200,000 from her brother, the Wall Street Journal reported. The gossip outlet accessed the text messages, and in January reported that Bezos had an extramarital affair with former news anchor and entertainment reporter Lauren Sanchez — a leak that led to his divorce. In February, Bezos accused the tabloid’s publisher, led by David Pecker, of trying to blackmail him over lurid photos. Neither National Enquirer nor Hudson News have commented on reports of the sale.

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/04/18/report-national-enquirer-sold-to-hudson-news-ceo-for-100-million/

The National Enquirer is being sold for $100 million to James Cohen, CEO of Hudson News

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-national-enquirer-is-being-sold-for-100-million-to-james-cohen-ceo-of-hudson-news/2019/04/18/03fef706-61fe-11e9-9412-daf3d2e67c6d_story.html?utm_term=.0dd62a4359aa

Notable: PapD twat w/ CAP: I have just been told my sources in Rome that Joseph Mifsud’s address has been disclosed to the Italian media

I have just been told my sources in Rome that Joseph Mifsud’s address has been disclosed to the Italian media.

He has been living next to the US embassy in Rome for a year.

twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1118950537435566080

Notable: Google Leftists Panic About Leaks, Threaten Employment of Colleagues

EXCLUSIVE: Google Leftists Panic About Leaks, Threaten Employment of Colleagues

Left-wing employees at Google are threatening the employment of their colleagues amid a panic about frequent leaks revealing political bias in the company’s products and working atmosphere. Leaked internal discussion threads from Google provided exclusively to Breitbart News show left-wing Google employees reporting one of their colleagues for alleged “leaks,” while worrying about the legal implications of cracking down on a conservative at the company over his public complaints about working conditions.

The discussion took place last week on the “transparency and ethics” discussion group, from which the alleged leaker had recently been ejected – a failed attempt to stem the tide of leaks showing political bias at the tech giant. Announcing the ejection of the alleged leaker, a Google employee wrote that vigilance about leaks was “especially important in light of the recent leaks that named our friends and colleagues in Breitbart and the Daily Caller.” “If you have any knowledge of someone else who definitely leaked from THIS group, be sure to report it at go/stop-leaks,” wrote another Google software developer, referring to an internal messaging system for reporting. “I noticed a certain someone who leaked from this group still works here. Is that the new norm? Is there something specific that makes his leak okay? What’s up with all this” wrote a different employee. potential leaks. Another Google software engineer said that it would set “an incredibly bad precedent if he is not terminated in light of acknowledging responsibility for the leak.”

The “leak” in question was a Medium post by conservative Google software engineer Mike Wacker. In the post, the employee published anonymized messages from inside the company to draw attention to hostile working conditions faced by employees who express non-leftwing opinions at Google. Leftists at Google are now also blaming Wacker for the leak of messages from the transparency and ethics discussion group about Kay Coles James, the conservative voice on Google’s now-canceled AI advisory council. In the messages, Google employee accused the African-American grandmother and president of the Heritage Foundation of being a “vocal bigot” who supported “exterminationist views.”

Some Google employees urged caution, noting that there was no evidence that Wacker leaked the discussion, and that persecuting him for his Medium post might have legal implications. “The odds of them showing up in, for example, a lawsuit for discrimination, or unfair dismissal, are high” said one employee, who warned against empowering “far-right extremists”. “They serve the propaganda purpose of establishing further that Google is discriminatory against ‘conservative’ voices (ie: the far-right extremists, and the people perfectly happy to work with them if they don’t directly agree such as any republican voter) and that ‘leftists’ as a whole are a mob persecuting anyone they imagine might be an ‘enemy’ without regard of the facts.” “it occurred to me … that some amount of his conversation might be considered protected speech given that it’s talking about working conditions” wrote another employee.

Under the National Labor Relations Act, workers can engage in public discussion of working conditions at their places of employment. In recent cases, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has upheld the right of employees to hold these discussions on social media platforms. James Damore, who was fired from Google after publishing an internal memo advocating for viewpoint diversity which was subsequently leaked to the press by his opponents inside the company, brought a case before the NLRB after his dismissal. The NLRB, lobbied by Google, ruled in favor of firing Damore for so-called “discriminatory statements,” but also said that much of the rest of his memo, which discussed working conditions at Google, was protected by labor law.

Nevertheless, a Google employee insisted that the company’s leadership was “looking into” what to do with Wacker, but warned that even though the purported leaker had been ejected from the group, members should still be cautious about further leaks. “The same email list which leaked recently is probably not the appropriate forum in which to be discussing the matter of what is being done about the leakers.” Breitbart News has reached out to Google for comment.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/18/exclusive-google-leftists-panic-about-leaks-threaten-employment-of-colleagues/

NLRB Social Media Rulings

https://www.scribd.com/document/406686743/NLRB-Social-Media-Rulings

Notable: Anon points out that ongoing cases that are redacted are on page D-5

Many of the ongoing cases that are redacted are on page D-5!! AVALANCHE BABY!!!!!! WOOOO!!!

Notable: Mueller Report: Leftists, Never-Trumpers Claim ‘Pee Tape’ Is Real Based on Misleading Screenshot

Mueller Report: Leftists, Never-Trumpers Claim ‘Pee Tape’ Is Real Based on Misleading Screenshot

Several leftists and anti-Trumpers on Thursday cited a misleading screenshot of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to affirm the existence of the alleged “pee-pee” blackmail tape from the unverified dossier authored by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele. The purported comprising footage is said to show President Trump watching two prostitutes pee on a bed inside the presidential suite at Moscow’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel in 2013. The alleged incident is believed to have occurred during a visit to Russia to attend the Miss Universe pageant. According to a footnote in Mueller’s report, longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was sent a text message from Russian businessman Giorgi Rtskhiladze in October 2016, saying: “Stopped flow of tapes from Russia but not sure if there’s anything else. Just so you know…” The footnote continues on the next page, where Mueller’s report then concedes that Rtskhiladze told investigators that any alleged tapes were fake, to his knowledge.

Although the report cites Rtskhiladze calling the alleged footage “fake,” this did not stop journalists, pundits, and other verified media figures from deceptively sharing only the first part of the report’s except. Those who shared the misleading passage include MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin, Ellen producer Andy Lassner, Daily Beast contributor Rick Wilson, and former Hillary Clinton staffer Zac Petkanas. Bloomberg’s live blog of the Mueller report’s release fails to include the part in which the tapes are referred to as “fake.”

The Justice Department on Thursday released the long-awaited report by Mueller, which specifies the two-year investigation and details that the team found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia before the 2016 election. The report, in total, is 448 pages long. It describes in detail how the Russian GRU intelligence unit hacked campaign emails of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, which were subsequently leaked by WikiLeaks. It also specifies there were some links between Russia and the Trump campaign.

Attorney General William Barr previewed the report immediately before its release, emphasizing there was no cooperation. Echoing the summary he gave last month, Barr said the investigation found the Russian Internet Research Agency spread disinformation on social media “designed to provoke and amplify political and social discord in the United States.” Barr released the report to high-ranking members of Congress and then the public. Further, he said no Americans colluded with Russians to sway the election. On the issue of whether President Trump obstructed justice in any way, the report said it couldn’t clear him. It identifies 10 episodes where the president possibly could have obstructed justice. In response to the report, President Trump tweeted a meme that said, “Game Over,” in a style from the HBO drama Game of Thrones.

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/04/18/mueller-report-leftists-never-trumpers-claim-pee-tape-is-real-based-on-misleading-screenshot/

Fake News: Mic’s Emily Singer Detects Alleged Russian Spy in Oval Office

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/07/17/mic-emily-singer-tweets-fake-news-about-russian-spy-meeting-trump/

Notable: Graphic demonstrating how little of the Mueller report is Redacted

Nice Graphic demonstrating how little of the Mueller report is Redacted

https://twitter.com/topology_labs/status/1118929011730780160

Notable: Mueller report directly contradicts bombshell BuzzFeed story.

Mueller Report Directly Contradicts Bombshell BuzzFeed Story

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation directly contradicts an explosive BuzzFeed story that claimed Mueller had evidence President Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen, his former attorney, to lie to Congress about a potential Moscow real estate deal. The Jan. 18 BuzzFeed story claimed that Cohen “told the special counsel that after the election, the president personally instructed him to lie — by claiming that negotiations ended months earlier than they actually did — in order to obscure Trump’s involvement.” The story claimed that Mueller’s office “learned about Trump’s directive for Cohen to lie to Congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization and internal company emails, text messages, and a cache of other documents. Cohen then acknowledged those instructions during his interviews with that office.” BuzzFeed touted its story as “the first known example of Trump explicitly telling a subordinate to lie directly about his own dealings with Russia.”

But Mueller’s report states that “Cohen said that he and the President did not explicitly discuss whether Cohen’s testimony about the Trump Tower Moscow project would be or was false, and the President did not direct him to provide false testimony. Cohen also said he did not tell the President about the specifics of his planned testimony.” The special counsel’s report concluded that while there is evidence “that the President knew Cohen provided false testimony to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project, the evidence available to us does not establish that the President directed or aided Cohen’s false testimony.” BuzzFeed spokesman Matt Mittenthal declined to comment in an email to The Daily Caller News Foundation.

The special counsel’s office disputed BuzzFeed’s story shortly after it was published, but the news outlet stood by the article. “BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s Congressional testimony are not accurate,” Mueller spokesman Peter Carr said at the time. Anthony Cormier, one of two reporters on the story, told CNN two days later that BuzzFeed remained “100 percent behind” its reporting. “I have further confirmation that this is right. We are being told to stand our ground. Our reporting is going to be borne out to be accurate, and we’re 100 percent behind it,” Cornier said on CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” “The same sources that we used in the story are standing behind it, and so are we,” Cornier said at the time.

https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/04/18/mueller-report-contradicts-buzzfeed/

President Trump Directed His Attorney To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/trump-russia-cohen-moscow-tower-mueller-investigation" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190118032157/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/trump-russia-cohen-moscow-tower-mueller-investigation

Attorney General Barr Releases Redacted Mueller Report

https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/18/mueller-report-release-public/

Mueller’s Office Disputes BuzzFeed’s Report

https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/18/muellers-office-disputes-buzzfeeds-report/

BuzzFeed Doubles Down On Trump Story, But Won’t Discuss Documents Or Sources

https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/20/buzzfeed-doubles-down-cohen/

Don’t Rely On Spin, Read It Yourself: Here Is The Mueller Report

https://www.scribd.com/document/406726648/Mueller-report#from_embed

Notable: NZ ex-official guilty of hiding camera in embassy toilet.

NZ ex-official guilty of hiding camera in embassy toilet

New Zealand's former top military official in the US has been found guilty of planting a secret camera in a unisex bathroom at the country's embassy in Washington DC.

Alfred Keating faces up to 18 months in prison for attempting to make an intimate visual recording.

Keating's DNA matched traces found on the SD card in the camera, which appeared to have been in place for many months.

He will be sentenced on 25 June.

Taped under the radiator

Formerly in the Royal New Zealand Navy, Keating was the highest ranking official at New Zealand's US embassy when the camera was discovered in 2017.

Because he was a foreign official, New Zealand was responsible for Mr Keating's trial, despite the offence taking place in the US.

In April, Auckland District Court heard that the camera had been hidden in a heating duct, and was found by an embassy worker when it fell onto the floor.

The man initially thought it was a memory drive, but then noticed a tiny camera lens and the brand of the camera, BrickHouse Security.

Investigations of Keating's laptop showed he had accessed the website of BrickHouse security, a company which sells hidden video cameras.

A homemade mount was also found taped under the radiator, covered in a layer of dust, suggesting the camera had been in place for some time.

The camera was sent back to New Zealand for investigation by police, who found over 700 deleted files and 20 existing files on the memory card.

They found 19 images of people using the bathroom over a period of five hours.

Keating had pleaded not guilty to the charges. He also sought to have his name suppressed, arguing that revealing his identity would cause his family "extreme hardship". The request was dismissed.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47972464

Notable: Mike Pence's statement on the Mueller report.

Retweeted by POTUS_Schedule twitter account:

Notable: France insurance firm AXA divests from Israel arms manufacturer

France insurance firm AXA divests from Israel arms manufacturer

A French insurance firm has divested from Elbit Systems and several Israeli banks following pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and a number of international NGOs.

AXA – a French multinational firm specialising in insurance and financial services – has agreed to partially divest from Elbit Systems, an arms manufacturer which has supplied the Israeli army with weapons to be used against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip.

AXA has also agreed to divest from five major Israeli banks – Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot, First International Bank of Israel and Israel Discount Bank – which often provide loans to the Israeli arms industry and operate in Israel’s illegal West Bank settlements.

The move came after a several-year-long campaign by two NGOs, “SumOfUs” and “Stop Assistance to Israeli Apartheid”, which called on the insurance giant to reassess its investments and complicity in the Israeli occupation.

In April 2018, SumOfUs – an international NGO that seeks to counter the power of big businesses – launched an international petition to support Stop Assistance to Israeli Apartheid’s campaign. The petition garnered more than 140,000 signatures, causing AXA to “quietly reduce” its investments in Elbit Systems and Israeli banks this year.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190418-france-insurance-firm-axa-divests-from-israel-arms-manufacturer/

Notable: Corsi and Assange from Mueller report.

INTERESTING SO FAR

Notable: Report: White House wants investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.

Report: White House Wants Investigation Into Hillary Clinton’s Emails

The White House criticized the “breathless” media coverage of the Russia collusion “hoax” following the submission of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report to Congress, adding that reporters should focus on Obama administration scandals, it was reported.

“While the establishment media has breathlessly covered this partisan witch hunt for nearly two years, they refuse to cover the real scandals that plagued the previous Democrat administration,” a White House official told the Washington Examiner on April 18.

The official made a reference to the email scandal that has plagued former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the administration noted in the Examiner’s report that former President Barack Obama described the scandal as a “mistake” but wasn’t “a national security problem.” He made the remarks on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” in 2015.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/report-white-house-wants-investigation-into-hillary-clintons-emails_2885821.html

Notable: EU pushes the censorship lever into overdrive.

Splinternet: EU Censorship Ramps Up With ACTA 2, While UK Passes Terror Law, Porn Law, and Introduces First Internet Regulation Agency

Across Europe, MEPs voted successfully to redesign the Internet with a censorship directive disguised as a copyright proposal, while the UK itself passed a horrifying terror bill that will make it illegal to watch any “terrorist propaganda” (not clearly defined) which carries sentencing of 15 years, an age restriction porn law and introduced the world’s first Internet regulation safety agency.

ACTA 2

ACTA 2 which required all the dirty tricks in the book to pass the initial vote, has now passed in a vote of 22 countries in favor of the law.

Only six countries — Italy, Sweden, Poland, Finland, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg — voted against the proposed directive that will change the Internet as we know it.

This means that EU member countries have two years to comply by drafting their own national laws. This is sure to spur protests and legal battles all over Europe for the next few years.

The directive was passed despite more than 5.2 million people who signed an online petition calling to save the Internet and abandon the legalese.

Throughout the voting process, there were numerous tricks by EPP Group and other political parties involved in the copyright directive, or ACTA 2, such as attempting to change the voting date, intimidating politicians by threatening them with bad press, and even changing the article numbers prior to the vote.

https://www.activistpost.com/2019/04/splinternet-eu-censorship-ramps-up-with-acta-2-while-uk-passes-terror-law-porn-law-and-introduces-first-internet-regulation-agency.html

Notable: John Solomon: How the Mueller report's key conclusion lays bare a lot of bad reporting and punditry by the professional news media.

How the Mueller report's key conclusion lays bare a lot of bad reporting and punditry by the professional news media.

twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1118914381071421441

The Lesson of Mueller: An innocent man's defense can look like a guilty man's obstruction

twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1118932169718628352

thehill.com/opinion/white-house/439529-the-lesson-of-mueller-an-innocent-mans-defense-can-look-like-a-guilty

Notable: PapaD Tweet: Mifsud situation.

moar PDop:

How could I forget Joseph Mifsud and his FBI handlers? The guy has been living in Rome on the payroll of link campus (CIA/FBI) spy school for the last year. The Italian authorities just revealed it. What a sloppy operation.

CST

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1118933807921549313

Notable: PapaD Tweet: "Scandals I see emerging…"

Scandals I see emerging:

1) Mueller admitting that I was targeted with illicit spying in a politically motivated fashion by Obama because I was dealing in the Israeli energy business.

2) In order to try and cover that up, Mueller plants me in a Russia conspiracy and sets me up

CST

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1118931078482255872

Notable: >>6226654 New York Times accidentally unravels UK government's official Skripal narrative.

New York Times Accidentally Unravels UK Government's Official Skripal Narrative

While London almost immediately blamed Moscow for being behind the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK city of Salisbury in March 2018, Russia has strongly rejected its involvement, stressing it's been denied access both to the investigation into the incident and the Russian nationals affected.

On 16th April, the New York Times published a glowing profile of Gina Haspel, who in May 2018 became the seventh director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

The article referred to Haspel — the former head of a CIA 'black site' in Thailand at which an indeterminate number of suspected terrorists were viciously tortured — as an "adept tactician" blessed with "good listening, empathy and an ability to connect", and discussed the difficulties the intelligence chief faced in ensuring "her voice is heard at the White House", due to the intransigence of President Donald Trump, whose administration treats national security professionals "with deep skepticism".

So far, so obsequious — but buried in the hagiography is a fascinating disclosure. In a section titled ‘The keys to talking to Trump? Realism and emotion', authors Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman document how Haspel "solidified her reputation" as one of the "most skilled briefers" of the President.

Following the 4th March 2018 poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, UK, top national security officials are said to have gathered inside the White House to discuss with Trump how Washington should respond — at the time, Whitehall was preparing to expel dozens of Russian diplomats from the UK, and aggressively pushing various key international allies to follow suit.

https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201904171074227109-skripal-ducks-children-nyt-usa-britain/

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Notable: The National Enquirer is being sold for $100 million to James Cohen, CEO of Hudson News.

The National Enquirer is being sold for $100 million to James Cohen, CEO of Hudson News

The supermarket tabloid, along with two sister publications, will be purchased by the head of the travel retailer known for its airport newsstands, according to people familiar with the agreement.

The decision to sell came after the hedge fund manager whose firm controls the tabloid’s parent company, American Media, became disillusioned with the reporting tactics it practiced. American Media has been under intense pressure because of the Enquirer’s efforts to tilt the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump, who is a longtime friend of American Media’s CEO, David Pecker.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2019/04/18/the-national-enquirer-is-being-sold-for-100-million-to-james-cohen-ceo-of-hudson-news/?utm_term=.dafc01bfb669

Notable: Austria warns of new massive migration wave to Europe this spring.

Austria warns of new massive migration wave to Europe this spring

Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl recently sent a letter to the EU commission, warning of a renewed migrant crisis and calling for immediate preventative measures to be taken.

He cited that a huge number of migrants from Turkey will be heading to Europe once the weather improves.

Kickl stated in the letter that a there is an imminent crisis as he believes plans are ongoing for a large-scale migration from Turkey to Europe.

Based on the data released by the European Police Authority Europol, tens of thousands of migrants are already in the region, including 60,000 in Greece, another 5,000 in Bosnia-Herzegovina and another 5,000 in Serbia.

Furthermore, there will be another 5.6 million Syrian refugees in the Middle East, which validates the looming threat of a new massive migration movement.

Kickl urged the commission to act quickly and send a clear message to the migrants to stop mass migration:

“It is particularly important now to find out what initiatives and measures are being planned by the European Commission in order to be able to coordinate the respective contingency plans for a new mass influx.”

Kicks suggested that the commission immediately work on “effective return systems”, “information campaigns and local capacity building”, for which there must be “much more” financial support from the EU:

“Refugees have a right to life in safety and dignity – but no right to freely choose their destination country. Only a Europe that protects its borders can help those who really need protection.”

Kickl reminded the EU not to forget its history with massive migration: “We all still remember the images of the mass immigration of 2015/2016. It would be irresponsible to twiddle one’s thumb and wait until tens of thousands of migrants are on the border.”

“A political repair-and-patchwork mentality does not bring us anywhere in the EU – only a clear, proactive strategic approach. It’s about averting a new crisis rather than waiting for it to erupt.”

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/04/austria-warns-of-new-massive-migration-wave-to-europe-this-spring/

Notable: Jim Jordan's statement on Mueller report.

RANKING MEMBER JIM JORDAN’S STATEMENT ON THE MUELLER REPORT

PUBLISHED: APR 18, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement on the Mueller report:

https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/release/ranking-member-jim-jordans-statement-on-the-mueller-report/

Notable: Operation Shotgiant: NSA's operation to infiltrate Huawei.

I got 522ed too - at 17:17:18 ETC Almost!

Reposting from last bread.

THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD

Notable: New POTUS Tweet and Video: "As I have been saying all along, NO COLLUSION - NO OBSTRUCTION!"

New POTUS Tweet and Video

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118921900858793985

Notable: Illegal already once deported arrested in Ohio for raping a 15 year old.

https://twitter.com/EpochTimes/status/1118905791099101186

Notable: Black America is waking up and escaping the Democrat plantation. WWG1WGA

The black community is starting to wake up. Lots of WWG1WGA in the comments.

https://twitter.com/IWashington/status/1118686251480014849

Notable: >>6226104, >>6226233 Recent actor's deaths.

This happened last June, but saw it in the news again today. Suicide of Sophie Gradon and her boyfriend a few days later. Posted because it has patterns that are commonly observed in other "suicides" and other "murder-suicides" that raise questions. It was a hanging, but no mention of a red scarf or the like.

The inquest heard she was found hanging in the living room of her parents' home by Mr Armstrong and his brother. [anon has observed the person who knows the "suicide" victim ALWAYS takes a witness when they go to check in on them].

Mr Armstrong attempted CPR for 15 minutes but quickly realised she was dead.

He had become concerned after not receiving any messages from his girlfriend during the day.

Mr Armstrong had been in a relationship with the former beauty queen since May 2018 after meeting her on a night out in Newcastle.

He killed himself 5 days after her funeral.

[this was after they had been dating for only 1 month]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-47933722

Also, some family and friends don't think it was a suicide.

There had been rumours that she may have taken her own life, but some of her friends are convinced she would never have hurt herself.

Last week, Mirror Online exclusively revealed that the inquest into Sophie's death had been postponed after her grieving parents received new information.

Her mother Deborah later told Mail Online there was "nothing to support" the suicide theory and revealed police are trying to access data from the late star's iPhone.

Now Sophie's close friend Jasmine Lennard has expressed her own views on the tragedy, insisting she's also convinced Sophie didn't take her own life.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/sophie-gradons-pals-say-didnt-14154821

Notable: White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told investigators she lied to the press after Comey firing.

https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1118915211992489986

“The President’s efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests,”

Notable: Cohen lied to others and broke the law, but what he gave the Special Counsel was deemed reliable.

Cohen lied to others and broke the law, but what he gave the Special Counsel was deemed reliable.

Why???

Notable: NTSB investigating ‘near crash’ at JFK last week.

NTSB investigating ‘near crash’ at JFK last week

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/ntsb-investigating-near-crash-at-jfk-last-week-041819.html

Notable: Very cool gift given to POTUS from the Wounded Warriors. o7

In case y'all didn't get this, cool gift given to POTUS today.

Notable: More Manafort subversion.

More Manafort Subversion

After Manafort resigned the campaign he traveled to the Middle East, Cuba, South Korea, Japan, and China. He then arranged a meeting with Deripaska "about recreating [the] old friendship" . Manafort also texted to Deripaska and co. that he "needs[s] this finished before Jan 20." (Inauguration).

If more damning is after this meeting Manafort tried to reach out to K.T McFarland at the DNI. To which Flynn advised her not to respond to the email.

If I were the DS right now I'd be shitting my pants. This is not looking good.

Notable: DJT Jr.: "TOLD 'YA!!!"

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1118911951067910144

TOLD 'YA!!!

Notable: Army Reserve Tweet: "Make sure you high five your battle buddy today!"

It truly is National High Five Day.

Notable: US weekly jobless claims lowest since 1969; unemployment rolls shrink.

US weekly jobless claims lowest since 1969; unemployment rolls shrink

*The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits fell to more than a 49-1/2-year low last week.

*The data pointed to sustained strength in the economy.

*Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped to 192,000 for the week ended April 13, the lowest level since September 1969, the Labor Department said.

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits fell to more than a 49-1/2-year low last week, pointing to sustained strength in the economy.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 192,000 for the week ended April 13, the lowest level since September 1969, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Data for the prior week was revised to show 1,000 more applications received than previously reported.

Claims have now declined for five straight weeks. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims would rise to 205,000 in the latest week.

The Labor Department said no states were estimated last week. Claims tend to be volatile around this time of the year because of the different timings of the Easter holiday and spring breaks.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/18/weekly-jobless-claims.html

Notable: Rudy Giuliani: You're going to find out they were framing him.

https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1118909951857049608

Rudy Giuliani, "You’re going to find out over the ensuing 4 to 5 months they were framing him. This is a deliberate plan to plant this idea. Do you really believe this all started with that stupid little statement from Papadopoulos?" - via @JackPosobiec

FWIW

Notable: Jim Jordan tweets.

https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1118908589891104768

Jim Jordan tweets

Notable: DJT Jr. Tweet: "I never thought I’d see the day that Democrats would be distraught and in tears that their President DID NOT COLLUDE WITH THE RUSSIANS…"

>>6225496 (lb)

Notable: DJT Jr. re-Tweet: MSM is speed reading geniuses.

DJTjr just RT

https://twitter.com/joelpollak/status/1118864447496499200

Notable: More Maggie thoughts.

Maggie ChooChoos out moar thoughts:

E) The witnesses who were worried about exposure in this report had reason to be. A number of witnesses are mentioned by name, giving Trump a road map to retaliate through hate-tweet if he wants to.

F) Many of his aides, as we all reported in real time, stopped him from obstructing the investigation.

CST

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1118909564093644800